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Jury is still out, but I weighed myself today before leaving the hospital. Not out of vanity, but out of curiosity.

Friday, at my appointment, I was 178lbs. Up 8lbs from pre pregnancy weight.

Today, Monday, I weighed 163lbs. Down 15 from Friday and 7lbs total of pre pregnancy weight.

Johann is a good eater. Latches well, eats well. Now we just need a good schedule so we can all get some good sleep as well.

Goal is to have my body in a happier shape in a year and to get down to 145lbs for weight. A MUCH healthier weight than 170 was.

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Thank you, everyone, for all the well wishes. We got home today and everyone is doing well. Chris is tired but determined to help me get through the week in hopes of me healing enough to be comfortable to start doing this on my own. Both mother's have offered their help in helping us finish moving things to the basement, unpacking, decorating for Christmas (it is Johann's first, after all), and various other things. Food, dishes, and things like that will be greatly appreciated. I have been, understandably, in pain but with the meds they have me on, as least a lot of the pain is diminished, even though it is still there. I'm moving slowly but things are getting better.

THANKfully, we seem to have a really good baby. Not very fussy, now that we know that after feeding and diaper change, if he is still crying, it's because he wants to be swaddled tighter and sometimes hugged. He latches well, feeds great, sleeps good, and when he is just awake, he is very inquisitive. Not a fan of bright lights. But things seem to be great.

We are all home now and would like a week to relax and get used to being new parents before starting to allow very small groups of visitors over. We know there are a lot of people who are very excited about meeting Johann, and he's excited to be meeting all of your. But after the last night in the hospital where we had 8 visitors all in close approximation of each other, he became very fussy from all the excitement and it took a long time for him to sleep. So... small groups. =D

More to come later.